A lot harder for alaskans living in remote areas. The iranian backed group which was attacked by u. S. Forces in iraq in syria has warned of a strong response 5 cabs belonging to Khattab Hizbollah were hit on sunday 3 in iraq and 2 more in syria at least 27 people were killed now you know that if we are warning the United States as we warned before that their legal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance. Iraqs Prime Minister has called the attacks a breach of sovereignty iran has called it a terrorist act but the u. S. Calls it a decisive response to threats against its troops in iraq by iranian backed forces and is warning of further action. Well his ball is part of a group that helped the Iraqi Government defeat eisel its been brought into a state sanctioned group of militias known as the Popular Mobilization forces many of them are backed by iran the type has ballers leader. Mohandas is one of iraqs most powerful men and has in the past for u. S. Forces the u. S. State Department Says he advises irans revolutionary guard lets go over to baghdad now where simona 14 is live for us and with all of these developments weve seen over the past 24 hours how is this being responded to in iraq. Well here were hearing a lot of responses come out of the government but also the p. M. S. And weve also just heard a statement being released from the office of a grand ayatollah ali sistani who is the highest religious authority Shia Religious Authority in iraq and he condemned these attacks on quote iraq he forces which is of course a very important statement because hes basically saying that the type hezbollah being part of the p. F. Should be considered a state force and he called on the u. S. To respect iraqs sovereignty and not to further add to the burden on the government which is of course already dealing with 3 months of antigovernment protests now weve also heard news coming from al fatah which is the iranian black backed bloc in parliament now of course the p m f has not only arm course but it also has its political wings and fatah is the Biggest Party in parliament which also forms the biggest block and they basically called upon Political Parties to rally together and to basically support expelling foreign troops including the u. S. Troops from iraq now technically according to the constitution its only the executive who can propose such legislation sort of parliament cannot really do that so we have to closely watch what Prime Minister out of the his government will be doing whether they will indeed table such a bill to see the departure of foreign troops and weve had you know parliament calling on the departure of foreign troops in the past before but it never materialized because there was no support for such a move from the government but of course parliament being dominated by these iranian backed groups means that such a legislation if tabled would easily pass. Get your thoughts on how this all factors into the political situation in iraq right now because as you say the iranian backed parliamentarians are the biggest block inside parliament by put forward a recommendation or nomination for Prime Minister that was rejected by the president eventually he would resign rather than the accept the nomination so with all of this political instability how does this then play into that. Well this of course comes at the extreme a critical time mr aftermath is currently akin a caretaker role after he resigned and of november and president also threatened to resign because the candidate that was proposed to replace Prime Minister other mattie was deemed unacceptable by the protesters and what these protests have really done over the past 3 months they have further divided the government they have further weakened the government to really respond very strongly to this crisis and one thing that has also become very evident is that the influence of iran has become very visible it was always known that iran wielded a lot of influence not just in the government but also in parliament but it has really come out into the open so of course any response by the Iraqi Government or by the Iraqi Parliament will be strongly guided by what iran wants to see and of course this is a very difficult position for us because theyre likely to see a lot of backlash as we have seen today weve seen criticism against the strike come out from very from many different parties the question is whether the government will really act on that whether they will really ask for u. S. Troops to leave thank you thats about to begin to go to the u. S. Now and get reaction there mike hanna joins us from washington d. C. Mark weve just been hearing room to top hizbollah saying that they its written for the strikes you whats the message out of the u. S. Well the message out of the u. S. Very much is that there is the possibility of further strike in the days and possibly weeks to come now President Trump is on a 2 week vacation at his Mara Lago Club in florida he was visited there by the secretary of defense the secretary of state has along with the chair of the joint chiefs of staff to be briefed on these later as u. S. Strikes afterwards the officials did not take questions however the secretary of defense said mark esper made very clear that they had to brief President Trump on all the options that are available the secretary of state mark pump a are also insisting that what this was was a strike against and iran affiliate essentially making very clear that these strikes are in the context of the ongoing low level or sometimes high level conflict between the u. S. And iran being waged within iraq itself thank you for that mike mike hanna joining us live there from washington. Well turkeys government isnt ours that it is fast tracking a bill before parliament that would approve the deployment of troops to libya now thats in response to libyas un recognized government call for the International Community to help stop the military push on the capital tripoli by forces loyal to warlord to leave the half to. As more from tripoli. The fight for tripoli is collating now the Foreign Ministry is calling on the United Nations and the International Criminal court to intervene the un recognized government accuses forces fighting for the world for have to of committing crimes against humanity in their campaign to capture the capital and. We are asking the International Community to perform its role after it doesnt have any legitimacy and has been destroying tripoli for the past 8 months yet the International Community has not moved to stop him only now as we have a new ally regional and International Powers are rising against us the world on the southern outskirts of tripoli has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and wanted many more have to the forces repeatedly targeted residential areas and government run facilities with airstrikes and rockets nearly 140000 libyans have fled their homes to seek safety and also under threat are oil revenues which are the backbone of libyas economy. The National Oil Corporation is assessing the damage following greece and airstrikes on the oil refinery in the western city of zawiya. And as Government Forces battle to stop the fall of tripoli have to his forces are reported to be getting very enforcement from Russian Military is an advanced weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates turkish troops could soon be joining the conflict the promise to support for forces loyal to the government is being seen by some as crucial to preventing the fall of tripoli because president says parliament will vote next month on a mandate to send troops but as have those forces advance further into the southern neighborhoods and closer to the density of Populated Areas of the capital the fuel for human casualties is growing. More that there were had a visitor tripoli. Judges in sudan have sentenced 29 members of the Security Forces to death for the murder of a teacher the chording khartoum was packed for the verdict material was killed in february while being held in detention for taking part in antigovernment protests that eventually deposed president bashir well he bore good news in sudans capital calton where people have been celebrating the verdict hundreds of people higher up today enjoy outside the courtroom here in on demand the tent city of sudans capital hard to theyre celebrating the verdict that the judge issued when he sentenced 29 members of saddams Security Services to death over the killing of a protester in february now the story of the schoolteacher who was killed in february of their group the nation especially when witness testimonies came out detailing how he was tortured to death by the Security Forces protesters have been demanding in february now for then president ahmed bashir to step down now he was ousted by the military in april and a Transitional Government was formed in august but the demonstrations are still ongoing people are saying that they want justice and accountability for the deaths of fellow protesters activists say more than 200 people have been killed since the demonstrations began in december and people are saying that they want legal reforms and they want to make sure that despite a new attorney general and you head of judiciary in plays then they want judges replace them to make sure that every single protester who was killed and that that theres justice for his or her death and theyre saying that they want to make sure that the full of president obama did bashir who was charged with inciting and participating in the killing of protesters is also sentenced to death so that they feel that their revolution is over and that the deaths of their fellow protesters did not go in vain. Well still ahead on the aljazeera szabo news under attack in the Central African republic to have an update from the capital but. Finally home ukraine and try to rush in separatists complete a full prisoner swap after 5 years of war. Well. Go with. The. Hello there quite cloudy across central areas of china we have also got a fest remove caddis worm his way away from the east coast but it does mean that i want to show is in the forecast and with quite that strong. Cross into hong kong but 20 celsius is the high on tuesday it is a cool day up in shanghai at 5 degrees and still some very persistent showers across much of the taiwan but 20 celsius is the high there you can see the direction of those windows and those showers pushing across china and across into northern sections of coastal vietnam and that will stay in the forecast really as we head off into wednesday that across tools india now weve been talk about the cold air thats been in place across northern India New Delhi in particular but that same strip of the continent has also been impacting northern sections of bangladesh again here time which is well below the average particularly in the overnight hours so for the next couple of days temperatures really just a few degrees above freezing cold by day but as i say its by night is particularly cold just 15 celsius in new delhi further to the south it is moderate in nonpoor as we head through tuesday wednesday a similar picture rather more cloud in the picture and again. To the south into tunnel now too. Told to aljazeera we were told to get to it without going through all the brush has this been addressed by took a listen to what these the proposal of spain for a couple anya we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter to 0. Youre watching aljazeera heres a reminder of our top stories a top Iraqi Militia leader is warning of a strong response against u. S. Forces in iraq thats following years strikes on a shia group that killed at least 27 people iran has also condemned u. S. Attacks the u. S. Says it will not rule out further action turkeys government is fast tracking legislation to parliament on monday for a vote on sending troops to libya the un recognized government in tripoli is appealing for International Help to stop the campaign to capture the capital by wallboard belief. Judges in sudan have sentenced at least 29. 00 people to death for the murder of a teacher mcteer was killed in february while being held in detention for taking part in antigovernment protests that eventually deposed president bashir. To a strike where many people are being told its too light to leave as dangerous bushfires approach several towns in the state of victoria are under threat and temperatures are expected to rise at a New South Wales a volunteer firefighter has been killed while battling one of the blazes lopez how do ya as. Strong winds and record heat this fire season in australia is being described as kind of traffic and now theres a new threat columns of smoke and heat from the flames are causing thunderstorms and lightning they could spread the fires and spark new ones we have recently issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Central Victoria including a specific warning for some severe thunderstorm cells that are moving towards the melbourne area. The fire threat is high in the states of New South WalesSouth Australia and for turia tens of thousands of people including turrets have been told its too late to leave as out of control fires burn year by theyve been advised to immediately seek shelter police and far already very strong to get people out of those environments get the wife from the bush environment but as you know once you go on holiday sometimes you just can it from you telephones you just connect from listening to the right yeah you actually enjoy yourself. Fires in prolonged droughts are common in australia but this year the fire season started earlier than usual millions of hectors have burned over the past few months and more than a 1000 homes have been destroyed the government has been criticized for not tackling the fires fast enough. The pfizer very quickly encroaching on. Areas and rural areas where people are living their livelihoods through agriculture or they where they actually live. Volunteers are also struggling to save wild animals under threat the birds could get away so the birds are still around but things like possums kangaroos wallabies one bats the kidneys all of them but were just not getting the call out so. I dont know. The fires are already described as an unprecedented disaster and emergency crews are expecting conditions to worsen into the new year card see a low base of the young aljazeera. Explains a state attorney is calling for the temporary release of a jailed catalogue politician or young terrorist was sentenced you know tobit to 13 years in prison over a file 2017 cattle and independents bid he was elected to the European Parliament in may while he was awaiting his verdict in jail spains Solicitor Generals Office has requested that young terrorist be allowed to travel to brussels to be sworn in as a member of the European Parliament rory challenge is following developments from london he says you care says position in the European Parliament is important as to why there are calls for his release. His status as a member of the European Parliament is integral to this call from the solicitor general the attorney general of spain for the Supreme Court of spain to let oriel you keris go to brussels and take up this position as an m. E. P. As an m. E. P. Which he was elected to be whilst on trial for d these these crimes sedition and misuse of public funds. When the european elections happened in may. His position is m. E. P. Means that he has parliamentary immunity and that is why the courts of justice of the European Union on december the 19th said that essentially he should be allowed to come to brussels to take up this position and thats why the spanish solicitor general has made this call essentially it is going through the processes is part of this machinery the interplay of european justice the court of justice of the European Union and how that works together with the justice systems of the member states. The u. N. Has set a Rapid Response team to the Central African republic after violence between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40. 00 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday the un is warning against an isp elation of fighting for the years about wrist between muslim and christian beliefs. But he sent this update from the traders if its to clear up their market. Reconstruction work of the future 5 Neighborhood Market is ongoing dozens of stalls were burned or destroyed by the militias when we came at tacking on the French Mission in this market attacking traders in the process right now traders are busy trying to organize and reconstruct their stores and start business going again in the meantime this market has been closed by the authorities until when its fully restored in the market tension is high in this place with ultimately with the im proves why traders surrounded. The warning is that if they dont in the next 48 hours or so there will be our top line and now people afraid that peace will get worse before they even get better. Is on the way president ial runoff 2 former Prime Ministers competing to replace president mario vos failed to get through the 1st round last month one candidate has accused the interior ministry of stuffing ballot boxes. Prisoners of the war in Eastern Ukraine are spending a 1st day of freedom following their release on saturday ukraines government and production separatists exchanged 200 prisoners the 2nd swap in 3 balls is raising hopes of an end to the 5 year conflict little the guy reports. An emotional return that for many was a Long Time Coming ukrainian prisoners finally free to leave the territory they fought to keep but still controlled by pro russian separatists they were welcomed by family members and president bolton missile linsky as they landed in kiev a young. Seemingly there on the making is that the people at home we did what we said they will celebrate new year with their families im happy im sure that too. Security was tight as the Prisoner Exchange began there was disbelief then relief that it was happening and they would be able to return home others though valid to fight on their hands. But these former ukrainian prisoners said they would fight for their country and president the other one while these production separatists said hed been beaten and tortured by ukrainian Security Services. Sundays exchange was the result of direct talks between president still in ski and putin in france earlier this month they agreed to implement a full ceasefire in a bid to end a war in the donbass region of ukraine. Relations between russia and ukraine sourwood when protesters in kiev managed to drive out the kremlin backed government in 24 tane russia then seized control of crimea from ukraine and within weeks russian backed separatists took control of the eastern part of ukraine more than 13000. 00 people including civilians have died during 5 years. Of conflict ukraine wants to join nato once your European Union wants to move west masculist so the poles know that im the future for ukraine and this is a strategic difference some major strategic differences not reside where Prisoner Exchange there is little will among civilians caught up in fighting for this war to continue this Prisoner Exchange a sign the tensions could be easing gauge aljazeera. In china the scientists who caused a worldwide controversy have a socalled gene edited babies has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for junk way was convicted of even legal medical practice in human embryos and what the court uncensored describes as the pursuit of personal fame and gain hes announcement last year the birth of twins in chains have been altered course global concern about the ethics of his work. To the u. K. Now where the search is on for a new leader of the labor party Jeremy Corbin says he wont lead the main opposition into another election following his landslide defeat to Boris Johnson and the ruling conservatives last month and arguments over the future direction of the party and how to win back voters have already started his poor brennan from london. December the 12th was a disaster for the labor party and the humiliation for its leader Jeremy Corbyn 42. 00 parliamentary seats were lost its worst general election result since 1935 the concept of Party Candidate 17. Labor support in its traditional northern english constituencies evaporated the sorts of voters abandoned labor at the election in next industrial seats had been moving away from the party for some time but the support really went off a cliff in this action and thats partly because of bracks it but its important to remember that a lot of people who voted remain also rejected the labor party this election so its more than just brick said they really didnt trust or have any connection with Jeremy Colvin as a candidate who opens replacement will face an unknown people challenge its not just the 123 seats labor would need to win back to get a parliamentary majority its also the need for internal reflection particularly by momentum the Grassroots Group formed in 2015 to support called in socialist region for labor im not saying every momenta member will sign up to that but there will be some as happened in the 1980 s. When labor he realised the partys got to change weve got to be part of the change and weve got to be willing to reexamine our own beliefs and recognise if were going to win an election as people on the left we have to be prepared to compromise and we have to be where the country is not where we would like it to be there are several senior figures thought to be considering a leadership bid among the existing shadow cabinet there are rebecca long Bailey Emily Thornberry here starmer and angie. Rayna and from the wide apart he does support for past critics of corbin such as Jess Phillips lisa mandy Yvette Cooper and clive lewis the timetable on the rules of the contest will be decided by the Partys National executive Committee Still dominated by corp and supporters the reasons why labors vote collapsed are varied and they are disputed in the partys response in fact its very future depends on perhaps 2 crucial questions firstly to the Party Membership put aside internal factional differences to choose a leader who can accurately identify the relevant problems and tackle them and secondly do any of the potential candidates for leadership have the talents and the skills for that task paul brennan aljazeera westminster. Living in the u. S. State closest to the north pole has its benefits alaska is famous for its pristine wilderness but where many communities are connected by roads getting basic medical care can be a major problem the government has to pay for some patients to fly to hospitals but critics say thats a sticking plaster solution as reports. Is simple in the village of new talk alaska surrounded by water and the arctic tundra the 350 you pick natives who live here hunt their own food and take care of each other the best they can but when someone sick help is much further away that doctors are worried that my right they might call playing. Albertine a charles is a schoolteacher to get to an eye doctor and shell have to leave new talk by plane she makes the journey every other month at a cost of thousands of dollars the alaskan governments Medicaid Program pays for the transportation even though i work even though i earn. Money i have kids i have kids. I care and money more than a 3rd of new talks residents live in poverty in a state thats been an economic recession since 2015 alaskas governor slashed the Medicaid Budget last summer eliminating nonemergency adult dental care and cutting payments to specialists and travel providers by 5 percent thats led to fears of doctors and airlines dropping out of the state Health Program which many alaskan natives depend on with gnome addition if another leader or child gets sick they can die. We are now in the city of anchorage were albertine as i specialist doctor is found to get here she has to take 2 flights to cross 800 kilometers of mountain and i guess a journey well known to many rural alaskans well would begin. Yesterday morning we try to coach right through youre likely down here but there were there was that the castle their flight marry a park well finally see a neurologist after 2 days of travel i ask what she do without the government paid flights to the hospital i wish i was still suffer its unfair to the to penalize this group of people who do live in a remote area by not letting them have their you know medically necessary care the governor has warned more budget cuts are to come will be felt deeply here in rural alaska where the most vulnerable and isolated populations are found. Castro aljazeera new talk alaska. In moscow this snow on the ground for the new year nothing unusual you might think that its not fall in from the skies its being delivered by trucks its hoping a new year display in the city setting the scene has gone viral online noting the irony of trucking in snow the country which usually spends millions of dollars every year trying to clear it. Is having one of its warmest winter is on record. And. Al jazeera. This is al jazeera and these are the top stories a top Iraqi Militia leader has warned of a strong response against u. S. Forces in iraq following is strikes on a group that killed at least 27 people iraq has also condemned u. S. Attacks the u. S. Says it will not rule out further action as money has moved from baghdad. Were hearing a lot of responses come out of the government but also the pm math and weve also just heard a statement being released from the office of a grand ayatollah ali sistani who is the highest religious authority Shia Religious Authority in iraq and he condemned these attacks on quote iraq forces which is of course a very important statement because hes basically saying that the type has bhalla being part of the p m f should be concert a state force and he called on the u. S. To respect iraqs sovereignty and not to further add to the burden on the government. To government as fast tracking legislation to parliament on monday for a vote on sending troops to libya the u. N. Recognize government is appealing for International Help to stop the campaign to capture the capital tripoli by forces loyal to hold a lot of. Judges incident of sentence at least 29. 00 people to death for the murder of a teacher here was killed in february while being held in detention for taking part in that he government protests that eventually deposed president bashir soaring temperatures in southern australia are going creating catastrophic bushfire conditions extreme fire warnings have been issued in the states of victoria South Australia and New South Wales where one volunteer firefighter died battling a blaze many have been told its too late to leave their homes as the fires get near spains attorney state attorney is calling for the temporary release of a jailed cattle politician already owe you a terrorist was sentenced to 13 years in prison or 27 cattle on independent spirit he was elected to the European Parliament in may while he was awaiting his verdict in jail splaying the Solicitor Generals Office has requested that you terrorist be able to travel to brussels to be sworn in as a member of the European Parliament. The u. N. Has set a Rapid Response team to the Central African republic after violence between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday with the headlines the news continues here after talk to aljazeera. From sunrise to sunset across asia. And the pacific explore untold fascinating stories one on one its on aljazeera. The world to. See. China china china china china trying to china china they want to make a deal. The question is do i want to make a deal weve heard u. S. President donald trump talk about china many times. In fact it was he who started the socalled trade war with china you know the 2018 with tariffs piling up on both countries imports that isnt a real war and how much of it is impacting chinas massive economy and its 1400000000 people. Santamaria here in the library of the National Museum of qatar will this trade war between the worlds 2 biggest economies have repercussions far beyond their own shores were seeking answers today as the president and founder of the center for china and globalization dr wang talks to aljazeera